2011 Championship Cup
| 2011 Championship Cup | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 20 |
| 2011 Season | |
The 2011 Championship Cup, known as the Northern Rail Cup due to sponsorship from Northern Rail, was the 10th season of the rugby league football competition for clubs in Great Britain's Co-operative Championship and Championship One.
Leigh Centurions won the final against Halifax by the score of 20-16. The match was played at Bloomfield Road in Blackpool.
The twenty teams are split up into two pools.
Pool A: Featherstone Rovers, Doncaster, London Skolars, Widnes Vikings, Toulouse Olympique, York City Knights, Keighley Cougars, Barrow Raiders, Rochdale Hornets, Dewsbury Rams.
Pool B: Swinton Lions, Halifax RLFC, Batley Bulldogs, Leigh Centurions, Gateshead Thunder, Sheffield Eagles, Oldham, Hunslet Hawks, Workington Town, Whitehaven RLFC.
Each team will play two home games and two away games against teams in their pool. The top four teams in each pool following the conclusion of the group stage fixtures will then progress into an open draw for the knock-out quarter-final stage. The competition will start on 5 February.
Toulouse Olympique will compete in this competition for the first time after the withdrawal of Blackpool Panthers who have entered administration. The South Wales Scorpions will not compete. [1]
Source: Northern Rail Cup Table – The RFL
Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.
Competition Points: For win = 3; For draw = 2; For loss by 12 points or fewer = 1
Source: Northern Rail Cup Table – The RFL
Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.
Competition Points: For win = 3; For draw = 2; For loss by 12 points or fewer = 1
The semi-finals took place on 16 and 19 June with Sky Sports broadcasting the Featherstone v Halifax game live on Thursday 16 June.
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